Ballads

I decided on the story Ballad of the Landlord composed by Langston Hughes. In the ballad it begins off with somebody living in a house that has a gap in the roof/rooftop that has gripped to the landowner various circumstances and the proprietor has done nothing to get it settled. At that point the means have been separated yet when the proprietor comes to look at things he doesn't tumble down coming up the means. That all sounds confounding to me. The proprietor then says that the inhabitant…

Nonetheless, The Ballad of the Sad Café is generally regarded as one of her best works of fiction. The 1950s, 1960, and 1970s saw renewed interest in McCullers’ body of work. During these decades numerous studies appeared on the novella that focused on issues such as the role of the narrator, the nature of love, the relationship between the text and the traditional ballad form, its mythical qualities, its connection to the Southern Gothic tradition…

Maine Historical Society Website.” Longfellow: The Village Blacksmith, Ballads and Other Poems, 30 May 2017, www.hwlongfellow.org/poems_poem.php?pid=38. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Paul Revere's Ride.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, 9 June 2017, www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/paul-reveres-ride. Longfellow, Henry Wordsworth. “HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOWA Maine Historical Society Website.” Longfellow: The Village Blacksmith, Ballads and Other Poems, 30 May 2017,…

Clarity of how the poem is written helps the reader’s understanding of Dudley Randall’s “The Ballad of Birmingham,” which is based on the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. In this poem, a child asks her mother if she may go on a freedom march, which is known to be a dangerous event, and the mother says the child may not go but may, instead, go to church, a perceived safe haven. The church is then bombed and the little girl dies tragically. The reader is…

The Ballad of Little Jo was an irregular representation of women cross-dressing in films. Rather than supporting the idea of proving women to be as progressive as men, this piece gives a surprising twist to genuinely display a woman as a male. In pop culture films like Mulan (1998) and She’s the Man (2006), the female protagonist has a specific goal in mind—to prove herself or her cause as important. Furthermore, Josephine Monaghan has no piece to prove, only a goal to simply survive. Director…

“Ballad of the Green Berets” by Barry Sadler and “Love Me, I’m a Liberal” by Phil Ochs both demonstrate opposing views of war during the 1960s. The 1960s was the time of the Vietnam War, which was mainly about the fight against Communism since Communism was seen as a threat to capitalism. One one hand, Sadler gives a positive opinion regarding war as the word choice of his song suggest the soldiers fighting are brave, as evident by his repetition of “these [soldiers] are men, America’s best”…

using, The Ballad of Pearl May Lee. (pgs. 18/22) The task is intended to explore and analyze elements such as the ethical stance of literary text. During this course, I read different literary texts, such as, Hamlett and The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks, while analyzing elements embedded in texts. I crafted a literary text piece from another point of view, from one of Brook’s pieces of work, The Ballad of Pearl May Lee. I wrote it from the perspective of the white girl in the ballad, but I named…

Dudley Randall’s “Ballad of Birmingham” tackles the issue of violence, segregation, and discrimination amongst African Americans in the 1960s. During this time period of turmoil and change, African Americans fought to remove remnants of racial inequalities from slavery in return for new civil liberties. Throughout Randall’s poem, the mother of the young girl stresses that she should not participate in the Freedom March because she fears that her daughter will be unsafe. Randall ends the poem…

students, educators, and others whom follow government involvements in foreign affairs. While the book seem to be vivid in its entities, it makes for a great read. The world can finally be educated on the truth. Philip Gourevitch’s and Errol Morris, The Ballad of Abu Ghraib, is a detailed depiction of the torture and brutalization that took place in Abu Ghraib prison by American officials. A depiction of events that were once denied by major government officials and later revealed in photos…

Three Important Messages (Discussing three messages from The Ancient Mariner) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a story with many messages that teach us something important. Anselm Berrigan states that “Coleridge’s father recognized his talents early on, and encouraged his education...” (Berrigan) Coleridge is known as one of the best writers. Through this story we can see just where his imagination takes him. The three messages from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner that I understood after…